18 teams from across Asia will compete in the men’s and women’s Hong Kong Lacrosse Open 2018. Organised by the Hong Kong Lacrosse Association competition will take place at the Stanley Ho Sports Centre (28-29 April) and King’s Park (30 April – 1 May) and entry is free at both venues.
The ten men’s teams are split into two pools of 5, while the eight women’s teams face-off in pools of four with the top teams in the various pools competing in a knock-out competition to find the champions.
Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick – which has a small net at the top and players use the head of the stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball.
The men’s game is a full contact sport and players wear protective gear: helmet, gloves, shoulder pads, and elbow pads. The women’s game does not allow body contact but does allow stick to stick contact and the only protective gear required is eyegear, although goalies wear helmets and protective pads.
Hong Kong Lacrosse Open
Date: 28 April – 1 May, 2018
Venue: Stanley Ho Sports Centre; King’s Park
Tickets: Free
Images:Hong Kong Lacrosse Association